I just hate the trying to make you jump moments which frankly i think is just kinda lame and too easy to resort to. Especially in a theater where you can't escape the screen and sound, you WILL fucking jump even if you knew it was coming and it's not even particularly a scary scene. I have this technique now where when i know it's coming, i look at a corner of the screen.. You can sorta still see what happens but without focusing on it so half the time i don't jump.

This shy and respectful kid started cranking out no-budget films one after another, and every one of them was unlike anything I had ever seen before. Iím really hard to shock and these were crazy. Insane. But not a forced, ďhipster trying to be weird for weird sake,Ē kind of insane Ė these were genuine descents into mind-altering madness.

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They are the funniest, craziest, most outrageous films I have ever seen in my entire life and they have to be judged unto themselves. You canít compare them to conventional films. They always make me laugh harder than I have ever laughed. They always make me gasp in either shock or disgust. They illicit so many raw emotions.

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Giuseppe is a pure artist. He lives to create. He sees the creation when itís done as irrelevant to him, thatís whatís fascinating to me. And it is not an act. It is not pretence. This is exactly who he really is. He just loves the act of creating his art more than anything in the world. If five people see it, heís just has happy if 1,000 people see it. He just doesnít care other than the act of creating. I think thatís what makes him a pure artist.

i guess i'm just curious about where the kneejerk reaction came from - this is all new to me for the most part. i mean i have my fair share of hipster made vhs tapes but this seems to be very next next level compared to that.

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I just wanted to use that word, since I never do.

the kneejerk reaction comes from having spent too much time with a bunch of art school students praising how "bold" and whatnot Guiseppe Andrews stuff is. the same people calling masterpieces "outdated" - Hitchcock for example.
I had these little fucks sitting in my living room, arguing why they never even watched a single Hitchcock film, but know all about "Guiseppe."

I remember one of those 20somethings said David Lynch is "just a director" but Guiseppe is "a true artist - and he does everything himself, muti-talent!" I hate these people.

I watched Toad Road last night. I enjoyed it. Not sure if I can recommend it though. It's a really slow burn indie horror/thriller. Normally I would hate this type of film but this one worked for me for some reason.